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=The Fourth Amendment=



__What is the fourth amendment about?__
The fourth amendment is about the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

It is one of the documents out of the ten Bill of Rights. It was written by James Madison in the late 1700's. It was written because of the strong objections to the Writs of Assistance or general warrants. It was ratified on September 25, 1789

__When and where was this document ratified?__
The states that ratified the amendment were...


 * New Jersey
 * Maryland
 * North Carolina
 * Delaware
 * New York
 * Pennsylvania
 * Rhode Island
 * Vermont
 * Virginia

__Where was the fourth amendment created?__
The fourth amendment was created in New York.

__How does this document useful today?__
This amendment is useful today because everyone has the right to their own things. Now a person who touches or takes someone's things without permission serious consequences may occur. Also, everything now belongs to their rightful owner and less invasions occur.

__What problem was this suppose to solve?__
This was supposed to solve the fact that people were not secure in there houses or had the right to their own things.

__If you wanted to search a persons belongings what would you need?__
You would need a search warrant that has been approved by a judge or someone in the court.You would also need to go throughout the steps of the particularly requirement in which you would have to convince the judge for a warrant and show a probable cause.

__Search and seizure without a warrant__
The reasonable expectation of privacy standard was used to explain Katz's protection from searches outside his home, the same rule has since been used to justify a variety of warrantless searches. If you are on wheels and are asked to be searched without a warrant the police officer has permission to check your vehicle. The only time a police officer can not search you or your vehicle is when you are pulled over for a traffic violation and the officer has no problem cause to suspect any other criminal conduct.

__What is a warrant?__
It is an order from a judge demanding an officer or person to arrest a person or have permission to search an area for evidence. Picture of a warrant..v

__What was going on at the time?__
Due to the king allowing homes to be entered without a warrant most of there peoples belongings were not protected and the people wanted to do something about this issue. They decided to come up with the forth amendment so that they knew there things were safe and could only be searched with a legal warrant.



__Is the school allowed to search our lockers?__
Yes. Even without reasonable suspicion, school authorities can search students’ lockers, but they must first notify students and give them a chance to be present. This also applies to your desk, because lockers and desks are school property. But that doesn’t mean they can search inside any of your belongings that they find inside your locker or desk, like a closed purse or backpack. To search a closed personal container, the school official must have reasonable suspicion that he or she will find evidence of a violation of school rules or the law inside that container.

__Are they allowed to search your lockers without telling us?__
School authorities can only search a locker without telling you ahead of time if there’s a reasonable suspicion that the locker holds materials that threaten the health, welfare and safety of students in the school. If the principal had no reason to suspect you then there is no reason for the search. But if someone told the principal that the person got the objects from you, or the principal had some other reason to think your locker contained materials that threaten the health, welfare or safety of students, then the secret search would have been okay.

__What can you do if a school official or a police officer ask to search you?__
If you do not volunteer to the search, there is a possibility that anything found on you cannot be used against you in court or in school. If you give your consent to the search, then anything found on you can be used. If you are asked to consent to a search, you should say that you do NOT consent in a loud, clear voice so that witnesses can hear you. DO NOT physically resist a search, even if you think the search is illegal, that can be used against you later.

__Our opinion on the fourth amendment__
Our opinion about the fourth amendment is that it is helpful in our everyday life. It is helpful because we can have a say in what we want or don't want someone to do to us.

Ciara's Current Event
The current event I read about was how California people ARE allowed to go against the Fourth Amendment and enter other peoples homes without a warrant. This current event explains how California wants to reduce the percentage of welfare frauds. A judge that held this case decided that it was a major problem and thought that the fourth amendment should be used in the state of California. The supreme Court thinks that the intrusions of homes is a search for a purpose of the Fourth Amendment. Most of these invasions were because of welfare fraud that most of the people are doing. This current event also explains how California wants to reduce the percentage of welfare frauds.This is a very informative current event.